IV583 - August 2023

“In that sense, I believe that if we want to make a qualitative leap in the change that humanity needs right now, we must unite struggles at the global level.”

“We instead need dynamic movements that can engage with activists and revolutionaries in struggle around the globe, call mass protests and forums on their behalf at home, and provide solidarity and attention even if these rebellions do not espouse perfect politics or fit our preconceived notions.”

Here’s how to oppose Cold War rhetoric and still be an internationalist who supports democracy and human rights.

“Without an anti-war movement inside Russia itself, it will be very difficult, perhaps impossible, to end the war in Ukraine. Russian society is far from ideal, of course, but only from this imperfect society, with its imperfect people with their imperfect biographies, can an anti-war and anti-government movement emerge.”

Degrowth identifies and critiques growth as fundamental to the capitalist system. Growth enriches property owners and the wealthy, leaving the rest of humanity behind with devastating environmental consequences.

“The people of Jujuy have lost the fear imposed on them by Governor Morales for almost eight years. They have regained their confidence in their own forces. Now local communities have begun to look for support from the teachers unions, and it is this unity that can defeat the regime.”

Two trade union leaders from the giant Naftan oil refinery in Belarus were arrested on Friday 11 August, human rights organisations said.

The case for building a new progressive left party in Britain (England and Wales) to offer voters a much-needed socialist alternative.

This summer organized labor is on the offensive, with more unity and determination than we have seen in two generations. In Los Angeles, New York, and elsewhere, more than 10,000 writers and 160,000 actors are on strike, seeking to make Hollywood’s global reach finally work for them. It’s the first strike time actors have been on strike against film and TV companies in 43 years; writers last struck in 2007.

“Those who will be affected first and foremost by this weakening of the judicial system in Israel will be the Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line.